Behavior now:
After user created a new branch from an original branch that contains generated images, and deleted the original branch, all the generated image will also be deleted, they are not preserved in the newly created branch, resulting in grey boxes scrolling back from the new branch.
User may choose to create new branches for cleaner chat management, organization or explorations, and would delete the original branch sometimes. Right now there is NO warning about losing images (and maybe other files).
Proposed Solution:
- Development improvement: Preserve all the generated images from the original branch, use as copy into new branch - from a developer’s point, this is more sensible. If I create a code branch and deleted the original, ALL my edits and original files should be preserved. This is version history and documentation.
- UI improvement: Adding sentences when deleting a branch, suggest “Deleting the this branch would also delete all the associated generated images, you will NOT be able to access them in the branched chat if any.”